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Major development in efforts to rid Kilkenny of ‘Road of Death’

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2020 0

Moves to rid county Kilkenny of what is known locally as the ‘Road of Death’ have accelerated after the local council was granted a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on lands required to build a new bridge and flyover over the N24. An Bord Pléanala approved the acquisition of lands just outside Piltown for the N24 […]

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A step in the right direction: Progress on Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ as design consultants appointed

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2020 0

A major step has been taken today in the delivery of upgrades to a road in county Kilkenny known locally as the ‘Road of Death’. Kilkenny County Council has announced the appointment of a design consultants team appointed to N24 Waterford to Cahir Roads Project. This scheme is intended to rectify the problems on the […]

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Heartless fraudsters target Kilkenny elderly in new Covid scam

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2020 0

Elderly residents in Kilkenny are being targeted in a new Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) scam in which fraudsters try to con vulnerable people  into handing over their private bank details. KilkennyNow.ie has learned of reports over the last few days of elderly people in the South Kilkenny and East Waterford areas who have recieved […]

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Busted! Drugs seized during Garda raid on house in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2020 0

Cannabis with an estimated value of €200 was seized during a planned search of a house in a county Kilkenny village. The drugs were discovered after members of the Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house in Fiddown on Tuesday. A local Garda spokesperson said a quantity of cash and “other paraphernalia consistent with the […]

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‘Godfather of Punk’ bringing his ‘lust for life’ to Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

The “Godfather of Punk” is going to bring his ‘Lust for Life’ to  All Together Now(ATN) festival in the Curraghmore Estate on the banks of the Suir, next August. Iggy Pop is the first headline act to be announced for the third edition of ATN. It will be the punk icon’s first Irish gig in […]

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Kilkenny villages wish to walk in a wifi wonderland

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO villages in Kilkenny, concerned their villages will be left in a broadband black hole by Government plans, are looking into setting up a fibre network all of their own. Piltown and Fiddown’s broadband speeds will not be improved under the Government’s National Broadband Development Plan (NBDP), so a meeting was held […]

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Kilkenny’s River Nore comes out top in 2019 anti-litter league table

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S River Nore is an “excellent site” that has a “virtual absence of litter”, according to the 2019 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey of coastal areas and waterways. The area of the River Nore examined in Kilkenny city received a glowing endorsement, just one of seven areas in Ireland the report […]

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ALLTOGETHERNOW: Heavy festival traffic expected in south Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ONE of the biggest music and culture festivals of the year kicks off today just a puck of a sliotar away from Kilkenny. ALLTOGETHERNOW is in its second year, after earning rave reviews from festival-goers for its first incarnation in 2018. Held in the stunning grounds of Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw, the […]